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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 550 Lunatics Running the Asylum: University Edition

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2015

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Ilana Mercer joins me to discuss the recent campus lunacy, and whether we ought to save the university or dance on its grave.

Show notes for Ep. 550

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 550.

0:03.0

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

0:07.6

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.

0:14.0

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the show.

0:16.0

I wanted to talk about the crazy stuff going on in the universities, and I know I'm a little

0:20.2

bit late on this,

0:21.2

but one of these days I'll get things right, get the timing just right. What's going on in the

0:25.6

universities, and by extension, the earlier grades that, of course, are culminating in the crazy

0:31.8

behavior in the universities? So I thought I would invite Ilana Mercer, who's been writing on this,

0:37.2

onto the show to talk with me about it. And before I turn to Ilana Mercer, who's been writing on this, onto the show, to talk with me about it.

0:39.8

And before I turn to Ilana, I want to remind you that, of course, Christmas is coming, and you will have many grateful libertarians on your list.

0:48.4

If you get them, the best gift for libertarians there is, and that is knowledge. Knowledge transmitted to them by me

0:57.0

and by people I trust via LibertyClassroom.com, where people can learn on the go, all the stuff they weren't taught in school, the real history, the real economics, and a lot more.

1:08.0

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1:12.3

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1:17.7

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1:24.8

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1:29.9

We are growing by leaps and bounds. More material available there all the time.

1:34.6

Get in there yourself or, and or, pick up a gift subscription for a friend over at LibertyClassroom.com.

1:42.8

Elana Mercer joins me today. She is a columnist at WorldNet Classroom.com. Ilana Mercer joins me today.

1:44.5

She is a columnist at WorldNetDaily.com.

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Her column is very often picked up by Lou Rockwell.com.

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